Property Cortona Arezzo Toscana Italy – COR2945

Renovated three-bedroom centuries old stone country villa, garden with swimming pool and olive grove for sale with stunning views over Cortona. In a corner of Tuscany with open views of the Val di Chiana countryside and the town of Cortona, Villa Il Castagno is a stone country house built in the early 1600s that has been recently renovated preserving its rustic style with stone walls, handmade terracotta floors and solid wood beamed ceilings. The exteriors feature a garden, a well, a swimming pool with amazing view of Cortona, Mediterranean maquis and some 100 olive trees for family use production of fragrant evo oil. On the ground floor, a pergola of wisteria, fragrant in bloom, is perfect for al fresco living. Here a typical arched brick door opens to a sitting room, with a particular terracotta floor laid in a herringbone pattern, and leads to a bedroom, a bathroom and the staircase to the upper floor. The living area with kitchen and dining on the first floor is an open space with high wood-beamed ceilings and four windows on two sides that fill the room with natural light all day long. Two bedrooms and a bathroom complete the floor along with an outdoor stone staircase that leads to a backyard with a second wisteria pergola and barbecue area. All rooms are air-conditioned. In the basement compartment under the pool is the technical room and a garage. Il Castagno Country House is located just 3 miles from downtown Cortona, one of the most popular destinations for celebrities and VIP from all over the world for its quality of life, rhythms marked by nature and year-round cultural events. Cortona dominates a spectacular region on the Tuscan and Umbria border, just minutes from the shores of Lake Trasimeno, and all major historical sites, natural parks, and finest Chianti wineries yet offers all amenities, a railway station, and easy connections to highways.